Enough about asteroids, that's an old star. The new measurements actually make it younger than once previously believed and within the margin of error for the age of the universe. Burning that long, it will be a great creator of heavy elements when it goes.

Those of us who challenge alarmist claims of accepted theory and “consensus” are referred to as “skeptics”, as if that’s a bad thing. Responsible scientists are supposed to be skeptical. Those who aren’t qualify as demagogues. In the days of Apollo, astronauts, engineers, flight controllers and managers were skeptical of anything that might impact landing a man on the Moon. That attitude led to success in one of the biggest challenges in history.

The conflict over AGW has deteriorated into a religious war — a war between true believers in a human-caused global warming problem and nonbelievers; between those who accept AGW on faith, and those who consider themselves more sensible and better informed.

“True believers” are beyond being interested in evidence; it is impossible to reason a person out of positions they have not been reasoned into.